You have shown your true colours by bagging Handley

If he takes up a quota spot then I wouldn’t keep him. Do we know for def he would be quota?

Who cares what you think? considering hte bagging you have been doing on certain players lately.

Yea he was only quota exempt this Season due to TWP folding he's full quota spot from next Season.

How many quota places have we free for next season?

Two at this minute in time I think.Not sure he is worth a quota spot personally.

My understanding is that players in Thompson situation are exempt from the quota for the length of their first contract. I think that was the case for Wellington Albert. If he is off quota and relatively cheap I would keep, if not it would be thanks but cheerio.

The contract with Toronto was extended for 2020, so he would be on quota if we resigned him. Would be disappointed if we resigned him, but there aren't many quality antipodeans available at present, aside from a couple of hookers, which we're covered for.

I think like many it depends on quota. He's not good enough to be on the quota, in itself that probably says he's not good enough to block the path of a junior.

I believe we have two spots free for overseas players. Need to chose carefully

Based on recent years, I would expect the cup win to be another "good excuse" not to see any real improvements in our squad. I hope I am wrong.

Covid has meant I have a lot more time, and a need to be distracted, so I have watched a lot more this year than I would have otherwise, looking at the quality of the squad this year and comparing it to one from 10 or 20 years ago is just making me feel really sad.

We should go after Tanginoa at Wakey much more explosive than Thompson & his best years ahead.

Decent shout that

I think you are trying to get out of a hole on this one , Handley has been a success story over the last 2 or 3 years yet you continuely slated him , with little or no support from elsewhere . Now we all give opinions and some prove to be incorrect , but you continued your barrage against him when he clearly was one of our better players (not just my opinion but of the majority of posters on here ) .

He must be rubbish, been selected for England!

Been saying that for a few months now Mark re Tanginoa and a much better prospect than Fafita imo.
I also said I liked the effort Battye puts in and thought he was good in his early Sheffield days.
He along with Tanginoa would be a much cheaper option than Fafita.

Isnt Tanginoa more of a back rower, i feel we need an out and out prop.If affordable both would be nice.

Thompson has signed an extension according to LE

Complete waste of a quota spot.

Been a really good signing for us this year but no way is he worth a quota spot.

Yep. Joke of s signing

Depends on what we've got planned for the rest of the quota spots, if the either of the Tom Burgess or Luke Thompson signing rumours are true this makes a bit of sense.

Agree Christopher. People need to remember the game is in a financial crisis too. We don’t have mega bucks to splash. Bodene has gone well to date and fitted in really well. It will be a cheap deal stiffens our pack and leaves whatever we have spare for a good prop and maybe a 6 though I feel a 6 will be a bit off yet

Would much rather any one of our young back rowers got all of Thompson's minutes. Same with Donaldson. Two complete garbage players. Play the kids.

To waste a quota spot on Thompson is absolutely criminal.

Donaldson, Garbage?

Give over.